[FILE IMAGE]: SAPS officers making an arrest. Over 200 suspects have been arrested in the Northern Cape for murder, rape, assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm, illegal possession of firearms and for dealing in drugs. The suspects were apprehended during week-long Operation Shanela across all five districts in the province. Provincial Police…
[FILE IMAGE]: Doctors during a pediatric donor surgery. The Department of Health is embarking on a massive campaign to encourage members of the public to donate body organs and tissues in a bid to save lives. Department’s spokesperson, Forster Mohale, says there are more than 2,000 patients awaiting organ and tissue donors across the country….
Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Nobuhle Nkabane. South African National Editors’ Forum’s Amina Frense says there is lack of government accountability to curb corruption on tender irregularities in the country as a whole. Frense has pointed to the appointments of ANC Youth League members who are unqualified, to public hospital boards in Gauteng…
[FILE IMAGE]: Hand tools for illicit mining found by members of the SA Police Service. Police in Mpumalanga have arrested more than 20 suspected illegal miners in different areas this weekend. Fifteen of the zama-zamas were allegedly found in possession of explosives in Barberton. Eight of the suspects were arrested in the Pilgrim’s Rest area….
A new credit utilisation survey has shown a growing dependency as consumers buckle under the pressure of the higher cost of living. This is contained in payday lender Wonga’s survey, where 85% of the 12 000 respondents actively use credit. The drivers behind this borrowing paint a complex picture of vulnerability, resilience and untapped economic potential….
[FILE IMAGE]: A soccer ball on the field in a stadium. A squad of more than 20 of Cape Town youth taking part in a football tournament in Spain has been left stranded overseas. This after the BT Football Academy allegedly failed to pay for return flights and accommodation for the squad. The group left…
Gauteng Education Department MEC Matome Chiloane. Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane, has warned parents against waiting until the last minute to apply for school admissions for their children. Chiloane was briefing the media in Johannesburg on the department’s readiness for the 2026 online admissions. Applications for learners who will be going to Grades 1 and…
Juvenile Chacma baboons play on a vehicle during a raid on refuse bins by a troop of Chacma baboons foraging in the residential neighborhood of Capri in Cape Town, South Africa. REUTERS/Nic Bothma Baboon management in Cape Town is once more in the spotlight following proposals by the Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team…
For Mandela Day Philip Seroux coordinated logistics to raise funds and collect equipment for, to build the dilapidated house of an elderly woman in Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo. Businesses, individuals, correctional services, police and other role-players in Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, have collaborated to repair the dilapidated house of a 75-year-old woman. This…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. ANC Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula says Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who is on special leave, will not step aside from ANC duties. He was speaking on the sidelines of the ANC National Working Committee meeting, currently underway in Cape Town. The ANC National Working Committe (NWC) is assessing the structures of the…
